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Is mindfulness meditation harmful? [updated]
A comprehensive study based on a dataset of more than 2,400 participants in mindfulness-based stress reduction programmes found that mindfulness meditation is not harmful in terms of psychological or physical symptoms, compared to no treatment. To the contrary, MBSR in the community appears to prevent harm. Update (13 Sept 2020): At the time of our initial post [01 Aug 2020], this study was only available as preprint, not yet peer reviewed. Meanwhile it has been peer reviewed and published in... Read more